Director of Benefits – Total Rewards, Compliance & HR Leadership (Healthcare)

Director of Benefits

📍 Location: Houston, Texas (Onsite/Hybrid)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
📈 Seniority Level: Director
🕒 Experience Required: 10+ years
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree required (Master’s preferred)
💰 Salary: $160,000 – $200,000
🌎 Visa Sponsorship: Not available

🚀 Overview

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Director of Benefits to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of enterprise-wide benefits programs.

This role is responsible for building and managing competitive, compliant, and cost-effective total rewards offerings, while leading a high-performing team and partnering across HR, finance, and executive leadership.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

Benefits Strategy & Program Leadership

• Design, implement, and manage comprehensive benefits programs, including:

• Health & welfare plans

• Retirement plans (401k, 403b, pension, non-qualified)

• Life, disability, and voluntary benefits

• Develop programs that attract, retain, and engage top talent

• Drive continuous improvement of benefits offerings and service delivery

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure full compliance with:

• ERISA, IRS, DOL regulations

• COBRA, HIPAA, FMLA, healthcare reform laws

• Oversee plan governance, reporting, and regulatory requirements

• Maintain audit readiness and risk mitigation processes

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage relationships with:

• Brokers

• Consultants

• Actuaries

• Third-party administrators

• Evaluate vendor performance and negotiate contracts

• Partner with internal stakeholders across:

• HR

• Finance

• HRIS

• Executive leadership

Total Rewards Integration

• Collaborate with Compensation and HRIS leadership to deliver a cohesive Total Rewards strategy

• Align benefits programs with organizational goals and workforce strategy

Operations & Systems

• Oversee benefits administration and HRIS integration

• Drive automation and system enhancements to improve employee experience and efficiency

• Act as escalation point for complex benefits issues

Analytics & Performance

• Develop and track KPIs and ROI metrics for benefits programs

• Use data-driven insights to optimize cost, utilization, and engagement

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of benefits professionals

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

• Support professional growth and capability building across the team

✅ Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in:

• Business

• Human Resources

• Or related field

• 10+ years of experience in:

• Benefits strategy, design, and administration

• Large, complex or multi-site organizations

• Strong experience across:

• Health & welfare plans

• Retirement programs

• Compliance and regulatory frameworks

⭐ Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree (MBA, HR, or related)

• Professional certifications such as:

• CEBS (Certified Employee Benefits Specialist)

• CBP (Certified Benefits Professional)

🧠 Key Skills

• Strong leadership and team management capability

• Deep knowledge of benefits compliance and regulations

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making ability

• Experience with HRIS systems and benefits platforms

🎯 Ideal Candidate

• Strategic leader with deep benefits expertise in healthcare or complex environments

• Proven ability to balance cost management with employee experience

• Strong operator who can drive both strategy and execution

• Experienced in managing vendors, compliance, and large-scale program

People Services, Director - Kennewick, WA $90,000 - $135,000

People Services, Director - Kennewick, WA
$90,000 - $135,000

Summary

Responsible for coordinating and directing the Co-worker Relations programs and functions. The incumbent has primary responsibility for co-worker relations to include, personnel administration, policy and procedure development, wage and salary structure development, and compliance for Human Resource functions. These functions include responsibility for developing, interpreting, and recommending program goals and objectives, policies and procedures, and courses of action.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

These functions are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and requirements of the job. Other functions may be assigned as business conditions change

• Formulates and recommends program goals and objectives in all areas of co-worker relations.

• Develops, implements, and administers the co-worker relations area of the personnel program in an effort to improve co-worker relations.

• Responsible for developing an organizational focus of a family friendly environment.

• Identifies staffing and recruiting needs; develops and executes best practices for hiring and talent management.

• Collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organization’s goals and strategy related to staffing, recruiting, and retention.

• Supervises and provides direction to subordinate staff engaged in developing and administering the recruitment and selection procedures and the personnel policies and procedures.

• Supervises and provides direction to subordinate staff engaged in developing and establishing in-service employee training and educational assistance program in an effort to upgrade managerial, technical, and support-level productivity.

•  Investigates problems, such as: working conditions, disciplinary actions, and employee and applicant appeals and grievances, according to circumstances, and provides guidance and recommendations for problem resolution to departmental officials and individuals.

•  Prepares and presents required and special reports.

• . Develops and presents the operating budget for the Human Resources Dept. and, upon final budget approval, assures that all functions operate within appropriated amounts.

• . Evaluates or reviews evaluations of performance on all co-workers; effectively recommends hiring, promotion, termination, disciplinary, and commendatory actions of all assigned personnel.

• Supervises and directs onboarding of new employees, including determination of eligibility for hire; directs and updates general orientation process for all new employees.

• Directs recruitment activities including advertising mediums and outreach recruitment in conjunction with Nursing Administration and Ancillary Department Leaders as needed.

• Provides high level communication and training to director and manager level associates regarding human resources policies, procedures and practices.

• Candidate must have union experience.
  
  
  Skills: policy development,compensation and benefits,leadership,change management,recruitment,strategic planning,wage and salary structure development,data analysis,human resources,communication,personnel administration,talent acquisition,employee engagement,recruiting,human resource compliance,co-worker relations,talent management,budgeting,employee training,conflict resolution